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HARVEY HUBLER, OF VEST SALEM', OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO E. L.PETERS, OF SAME PLACE.4

SWINGING GATE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 358,396, dated February22, 1887. Application tiled Septemberl, 1886. Serial No. 213,919. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that l', HARvEY HUBLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Vest Salem, in the county of Wayne and State of Ohio, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Swinging Gates, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in swinging gates; and itconsists'of the peculiar combination and novel construction andarrangement of the various parts for service, substantially ashereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, which illusy trate a swinging gateembodying my present improvements, Figure 1 is a top plan view. Fig. 2is aside elevation; and Fig. 3 is a detached view of the latch, showingthe case therefor in section and the front stile of the gate. 4

The object of my invention is to provide an improved swinging gate ofsimple and durable construction, which can be easily and convenientlyopened and closed by the occupant of a vehicle or a horseback-riderwithout his being compelled to dismount; and a further object is toprovide animproved latch forpreventing the gate from swinging,which willbe automatically operated to engage its keeper without reference to thedirection in which the gate is moving.

Referring to the drawings, in which like letters of reference denotecorresponding parts in all the iigures, A designates the gate-sill, andBthe road-sills,which are arranged on opposite sides of and at rightangles to the gatesill, the inner ends of the road-sills being connectedto the gate-sill by tenen-and-mortise joints.

C designates the hinge-post; D, thelatchpost, connected' to thegate-sill at the end opposite to that at which the hinge-post isconnected thereto; and E E', the road-posts,which are aflixed to theextremities of the road-sills and are arranged in line with thehinge-post. The gate and road sills can, however, be dispensed with andthe several posts planted directlyin the ground; and I prefer to securethe said posts in the last-mentioned manner, as it dispenses with andsaves the cost of the sills.

F designates the horizontally-swinging gate, which is of any approved orpreferred pattern. The rear stile of the gate is hinged to thehinge-post C, as at f, and the front stile thereof carries a latch, G,on its outer front side. This latch G is arranged in a vertical positionon the front stile of the gate and reciprocates freely in asheath orhousing, g, that is affixed to the gate. The latch is providedwithalongitudinal vertical slot, h, in which is housed a coiled spring,H, the lower end of which bears against one of the terminal ends of thelongitudinal slot, while the other end bears against a fixed stop pin,h', that passes through the slot of the latch, and against which theupper terminal end of the slot bears to limit the downward movement ofthe latch. The lower end of the latch is provided with an enlarged foot,I, which has a central notch or recess, t', in its under side, intowhich lits a keeper, J, that is rigidly affixed to the latchpost andarranged in the path of the foot of the latch, and the said foot isprovided with beveled portions t" on opposite sides of the centralnotch, which impinge or ride upon the keeper as the gate swings back andforth to elevate the latch against the tension of the spring H thereof',and thus automatically lock the gate without reference to the directionin which it is moving.

The latch is elevated out ot the keeper thereof by a cord or wire, JQwhich is suitably connected to the upper end'of the latch and passesover a vertical grooved guideroller, L, which is arranged in a verticalslot, Z, of the front stile of the gate, and journaled on a suitable pinor shaft fixed therein.

The hinge-post Cfof the gate has a horizontal bar, M, secured to itsupper end, and to the extremities of this bar are afxed the brackets Ol?, which are provided with upper anti-friction rollers, o p,respectively, and lower anti-friction rollers, o p. These rollers Vhavegrooved peripheries, and are arranged to rotate in horizontal planes onsuitable shafts or pins, the upper and lower rollers of the bracketsbeing` arranged in line with each other, as shown.

Q designates a bracket, which is swiveled to the upper end of theroad-post E and carries two grooved antiefrietion rollers, q q', and Ris another bracket, which is swiveled to the upper end of the road-postE', and also carries two grooved anti-friction rollers, r i", as shown.The latch-cord J of the gate has one end passed round the rollers 1' po, and th en th rough the slotZ and over the roller L to the latch G,and then round the roller p over the roller o again, finally beingpassed through the roller q. I 5 The gatecords are passed over therollers q o" o p', and are connected to the upper end of the middlestile of the gate.

The operation of my invention will be readily understood from theforegoing description, 2o taken in connection with the drawings. One endof the latch-cord is rst drawn to release the latch from its keeper, andtl'le'corresponding end of the gate-cord is then pulled upon to swingthe gate open. The passer or team can now pass through, and the otherend of the gate-cord is drawn upon to close the gate, the latch thereofacting automaticall y and engaging its keeper.

The free ends of the latch and gate cords or 3o wires J S depend fromtheir respective rollers in the brackets Q It for a suitable distance,and have operating handles or pulls t affixed thereto.

I am aware that it is not new to provide a 3 5 swinging gate with alatch comprising a fixed cylinder having removable heads andendwisemoving rod or bolt working in the cylinder, and provided with aright-angled foot, a catch over which the said foot takes, and a springhoused within the cylinder and normally de- 4o pressing the bolt or rodto automatically eugage the catch when the gate is closed; but such isnot my invention.

I am also aware that it is not broadly new to provide ahorizontally-swinging gate with a hinge-post, a latch-post, a gatehinged to the hinge-post and closing against the latclnpost. theroad-posts, pulleys secured to the road and hinge posts, a latch on thegate, and gate and latch cords passing through the pulleys and 5oconnected to the gate and latch, as such devices are shown, forinstance, in Patents Nos. 64,924, 130,938, and 201,703.

Having thus fully described lny invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a swinging gate, the combination of the hinge-post, the latch-posthaving the keeper, the road-posls, a gate hinged to the hinge-post andcarrying a sheath and a gude'rollcr above the sheath, a longitudinallyslotted latch housed in the sheath and having the notched and beveledfoot I, a spring fitted iu the slot of the latch, the brackets O I),affixed to the hinge-post and having the upper and lower grooved rollersin line with each other, the brackets Q R, swiveled to the roadposts andeach carrying the guiderollcrs, and the gate and latch cords or wires,substantially as described, for the purpose Set forth. y

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in presence oi' two witnesses.

HARVEY IIUBLER.

XVitnesses:

T. J. SltL'rsMAx, A. F. Molin.

